Geddes axe
Recommended cuts of 86 million but was actually 64 million
House And Town Planning Act
1919, cost three times the amount it should have. 200,000 built, still leaving shortages of 800,000
‘Shotgun wedding between liberal fair maid and Tory militarism ogre’
Mawick on coalition due to conscription
WW1 made unprecedented demands on economy’
Peden
‘Advance of state control cautious limited and temporary’
Bourne
‘Ministry of Munitions a temporary phenomenon’
Smith
‘The lion [labour party in 1906] has no teeth or claws and is losing its growl too’
Tillet
‘Government showed no long term needs of agriculture’
Bourne
‘Never again enjoyed the financial stability it had before war’
Simpson
Seats won by Labour 1906
30
Liberal legislation blocked by Lords
Abolition of plural voting bill, liscencing Bill 1908
How much would dreadnoughts and reforms cost
£15 million and £16 million
People’s budget did what
Income tax for over 30,000 p/a and super tax for over 50,000 p/a and death duties on inherited property
New and old industry export, 1900s
51% old industry. 2.2% aircraft and cars.
Uboat crisis sunk ___ causing lots of shortages in ___
3.7 million tonnes, 1915
War funded through taxation
88 million direct taxation, 75 million indirect taxation
Class divide
75% manual labourers, 5 million upper class accounted for 50% of income
How much spent per year on army and navy put together before war
£80 million
National debt
625 million to 7,980 million start and end of war
Trade union membership at end of war
8 million
Coalition liberals and conservatives amount of seats won in 1918 coupon election
332
Labour seats won 1922
142 this is more than the liberals won
All liberals together won how many seats in 1922
116
Irish seats 1918
Sinn Fein had 73 of 105
Britain vs USA coal cutting methods
8% mechanic compared to 25% in USA
Trade union membership 1927 and why
Below 5 million as a result of the failure of the general strike and the consequential trades disputes act
Volunteers in general strike
100,000
Sankey commission
Set up in 1919 to investigate conditions and pay in mining. Recommended rise in wages and a shorter working day.
Recommended nationalisation but government refused.
TU membership 1910-1914
2.5 million to 4million (25% of population)
May predicted ____ budget deficit by 1932
120 million
Conservative votes for 1931 National Government
12 million, 6.6 million Labour
Unemployment in Jarrow (n) and St Albans (mid) in 1934
68%, 4%
Budget deficit 1951
700 million
Rise in pensions
£1.30 per week 1946
Conservative record membership 1951
2.8 million
50s wages rose %
70%
1911-1913 TUs
1.6 to 2.6 million
46 policy
NT NI NA fampen
Conservative policy 25-9
26 Electricity Act
28 Equal Franchise Act
29 Local Government Act
Unemployment interwar period
Always over 9%, 23% in 1932, 46% in mining and ships
45 Lab seats
393
1935 Lab votes
35%
Housing
Addison 1919 170,000
22 Subsidy 6 20
24 Wheatley 9 40
